Ezgi Arslan, PhD.
Ezgi is an industry analyst at AIMultiple.
Research focus at AIMultiple
- AI agent applications in finance where she combines her finance expertise with emerging AI tools.
- Sustainability where she relies on her academic research background.
- Procurement technologies where she bases upon her experience in finance.
- Surveys and sentiment analysis for user insights where she rests on her academic experience.
- Network security, including firewalls, firewall management, and orchestration where she applies her industry analysis experience.
Professional experience
Ezgi worked both in academia and the industry before:- Çankaya University as Part-time Teaching Staff
- TED Ankara College as Education Support Specialist
- TED University as Teaching Assistant
- AKFEN Holding Inc. as Finance Specialist
Education
Graduated with a PhD. from the Department of Business and Administration at Bilkent University.
Academic publications
- Arslan ETanyeri-Günsür B. (2025). Ambitious sons and understanding daughters: investor perceptions of gender and the valuation of family firms". Gender in Management: An International Journal, 1-22, DOI: 10.1108/GM-11-2024-0636.
- Alp, E. (2024). An Examination of Factors in Financial Asset Valuation. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12 (Special Issue), 60-72. DOI: 52122/nisantasisbd.1467788.
- Tanyeri A. B., and Alp E. (2023). Law as an external governance mechanism: valuation of family firms in countries with differing judicial protection of shareholder rights. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1-22, DOI: 10.1111/corg.12484.
Conference presentations
- Alp, E. (2023) Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Performance on Financial Performance and the Institutional Shift Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Türkiye. In: ICGS 2023 CGIR Junior Scholar Consortium and Paper Development Workshop – held in Madrid, Spain on October 20, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2023) The Effect of Corporate Sustainability Activities of Financial Performance. In: 1. Conference of Economics and Society – held in Ankara, Türkiye on December 6-7, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2022) Shareholder activism, and organizational form. In: 19TH EIASM Workshop on Corporate Governance – held in Strasbourg, France on November 8-9, 2022.
- Alp, E., and Tanyeri A. B. (2021). Gender perceptions of investors and the valuation of family firms. In: RENT 2021 Conference – XXXV Research in Entrepreneurship Conference – held in Turku, Finland on November (17) 18-19, 2021.
- Alp, E. (2020). Value of Shareholder Voting Rights and Family Firm Related Mechanisms. In: 3rd AEM and TIM PHD Programs-Joint Paper Development Online Workshop, Bergamo on May 25-26, 2020.
Latest Articles from Ezgi
Building AI Agents with Composable Patterns
We spent 3 days experimenting with workflows and agent pipelines in n8n, following Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s guides on building effective AI agents. Explore the core AI agent components, how to choose the right components and tools, in addition to building agent workflows based on Anthropic’s simple, composable patterns such as prompt chaining, routing, parallelization, orchestrator…
Analysis of Top 4 Open Source NGFWs Based on Features
Teams using NGFWs, AI-driven security, and automation save ~$2M more than those using traditional tools. See open source NGFW as a cost-effective network security solution for comprehensive security: Table 1. Key features For details of key features of open source NGFW and their importance, check the ngfw features. Table 2. Market presence *Based on data…
Compare 10 Open Source MFA Tools
We compared 10 free and open-source MFA tools across their authentication protocols, MFA methods, deployment options, and most recent releases. When starting your free and open source multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation, consider: All tools (except LDAP) support hardware tokens (e.g., YubiKey) and the FIDO2 / WebAuthN passwordless authentication protocol. FIDO2 does not use shared secrets,…
Computer Use Agents: Benchmark & Architecture
Computer-use agents operate real desktops and web apps. Their designs, limits, and trade-offs are often unclear. We break down how leading systems work, how they learn, and how their architectures differ. We also reference a focused UI-grounding benchmark on 100 desktop screenshots, across 4 task types and 5 runs per sample. It isolates the quality…
Top 10+ ZTNA Solutions: Ratings, Size & Pricing
With around 22 million U.S. adults (~14% of the total employed population) working from home full-time, secure remote access is critical. Zero-trust network access (ZTNA) solutions address this need by ensuring that only authenticated, authorized users have access to sensitive resources. The ZTNA market is now valued at ~$30B in 2026 and is projected to…
Key Components of Firewall Compliance: Guidance
Cyber attacks are projected to cost nearly $16 trillion globally in 2029. These highlight the importance of the compliance to industry-specific security policies to strengthen cyber security. Firewall compliance with industry standards like ISO 27001, GDPR, NIST, SOX, and NERC CIP ensures that organizations meet regulatory requirements and mitigate the risk of cyber incidents. Explore…
Building Personal AI Agents + 18 Agent Platforms and Tools
We spent two days experimenting with real-world demos and tools to build personal AI assistants that can handle your tasks, such as scheduling meetings, managing notes, or sorting through emails. We will dive into three main approaches to building and using personal AI assistants, with real-world examples for each: No-code automation tools, such as n8n,…
Top 15 AI Excel Tools Benchmarked
79% of companies claim to have adopted AI agents, and two-thirds of those users say these agents have boosted productivity in measurable ways. We test and compare 15 AI Excel tools to see how they handle real spreadsheet work. We ran two benchmarks. Quadratic and GPT for Excel scored the highest. Summary of other results:…
Building a No-Code AI Lead Generation Workflow
AI sales agents promise automated prospecting and outreach, but most are bundled as full sales engagement platforms costing significantly once onboarding, data enrichment, integrations, and premium support are added. After reviewing leading AI SDR and lead generation tools and building hands-on workflows, I found that many teams need something simpler, more flexible, and more cost-effective.…
RPA for Mac: 12+ RPA tools That Can Run on Mac
Most RPA tools were built for Windows, since Windows runs the majority of enterprise desktops. Macs have gained ground. They now make up over 15% of desktop operating systems worldwide and more than 24% in the U.S. That shift pushed vendors to support macOS. See the following sections for more information: We have curated a…
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